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  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    bigladiesman wrote: »

    Y el mío también XD
    [So is mine XD]
    And we're both Spanish!
    :-O
    Wait!, perhaps you are me, and I'm you :-O :))
  • GumboldGumbold Atlantis
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    @BondJasonBond006

    Loved your post.. Maybe I can do a date. I'd have to figure out what to write about first though. Meanwhile I just started my own advent calendar with watching Dr. No, and I'm gonna watch all the 24 Bond movies til Christmas eve
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Gumbold wrote: »
    @BondJasonBond006

    Loved your post.. Maybe I can do a date. I'd have to figure out what to write about first though. Meanwhile I just started my own advent calendar with watching Dr. No, and I'm gonna watch all the 24 Bond movies til Christmas eve

    @Gumbold, good luck with that, chap. I just pilfered all your Blu-rays of the Bond films from your safe, but I did leave your Playboy, so at least you have some entertainment to enjoy for the holidays in absence of them.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited December 2016 Posts: 12,480
    Thank you for this Advent thread, @BondJasonBond006 !! :-bd
  • GumboldGumbold Atlantis
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    Gumbold wrote: »
    @BondJasonBond006

    Loved your post.. Maybe I can do a date. I'd have to figure out what to write about first though. Meanwhile I just started my own advent calendar with watching Dr. No, and I'm gonna watch all the 24 Bond movies til Christmas eve

    @Gumbold, good luck with that, chap. I just pilfered all your Blu-rays of the Bond films from your safe, but I did leave your Playboy, so at least you have some entertainment to enjoy for the holidays in absence of them.
    Haha

    :))
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Hey @BonJasonBond006, I will take the 21st if that's ok?
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    Hey @BonJasonBond006, I will take the 21st if that's ok?

    Splendid, thank you.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    Hey @BonJasonBond006, I will take the 21st if that's ok?

    Splendid, thank you.

    No problem. Great opening by the way.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Day 2 window opening soon...
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    @ BondJasonBond006, I 'd love to snag today, the 2nd if it's not too late.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    @ BondJasonBond006, I 'd love to snag today, the 2nd if it's not too late.

    Do it! Of course :)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    To update:

    December 1st: @BondJasonBond006
    December 2nd: @ToTheRight
    December 3rd: @4EverBonded
    December 4th: @Murdock
    December 5th: @PropertyOfALady
    December 6th:
    December 7th: @ggl007
    December 8th: @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7
    December 9th: @Major_Boothroyd
    December 10th: @Murdock
    December 11th: @4EverBonded
    December 12th:
    December 13th:
    December 14th:
    December 15th:
    December 16th: @Major_Boothroyd
    December 17th: @ggl007
    December 18th:
    December 19th:
    December 20th: @PropertyOfALady
    December 21st: @Shark_Of_Largo
    December 22nd:
    December 23rd: @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7
    December 24th: @BondJasonBond006
    December 25th:
    December 26th:

    We've still got the 6th open, as well as the 12th to the 15th, the 18th to the 19th, the 22nd and the 25th and 26th. A nice round ten spots left to fill, for any takers.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    December 2nd
    In honor of the season, here is one of my favorite teaser trailers- this one for DAF.

    https://youtu.be/31sxWkpcUzM

    I always loved the fact Binder recreates the gunbarrel here, and it certainly looks like DAF era Connery walking, tossing the presents and firing. Very cool. I can only imagine how exciting this would have been in 1971 to see this and the return of Connery in the role.
    I can remember Christmastime 1985 as I was really getting into Bond and it's history, my folks had gotten our first VHS player early in November and the next day bought a used copy of Octopussy, which I would watch almost daily.
    In addition, Friday nights we would rent the other Bonds, as I had only seen many of them on the "ABC Sunday Night at The Movies" airings. One day, a snow day it was, school let out early and I'd have a three day weekend. Well when I got home, my mom had rented DAF, and I vividly remember watching twice in a row. Then a few weeks later it would be the first Bond I'd record on VHS from one of those butchered airings. What was so cool about that airing was the addition of the original screen UA logo.
    That Christmas I was reading and re-reading Raymond Benson's James Bond Bedside Companion, and I particularly loved this illustration of Bond.

    James+Bond+Portrait.jpg

    George Almond's illustration of the Fleming Bond description. I showed this pic to my mom and she responded "That's Roger Moore down to a tee!"
    Christmas 1985 was very much a Bond Christmas for me, though my school only had given us a week off due to a teacher's strike. That year I also received John Brosnan's James Bond in The Cinema to go along with my Benson Bond bible.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    December 2nd
    In honor of the season, here is one of my favorite teaser trailers- this one for DAF.

    <iframe width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/31sxWkpcUzM"; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    I always loved the fact Binder recreates the gunbarrel here, and it certainly looks like DAF era Connery walking, tossing the presents and firing. Very cool. I can only imagine how exciting this would have been in 1971 to see this and the return of Connery in the role.
    I can remember Christmastime 1985 as I was really getting into Bond and it's history, my folks had gotten our first VHS player early in November and the next day bought a used copy of Octopussy, which I would watch almost daily.
    In addition, Friday nights we would rent the other Bonds, as I had only seen many of them on the "ABC Sunday Night at The Movies" airings. One day, a snow day it was, school let out early and I'd have a three day weekend. Well when I got home, my mom had rented DAF, and I vividly remember watching twice in a row. Then a few weeks later it would be the first Bond I'd record on VHS from one of those butchered airings. What was so cool about that airing was the addition of the original screen UA logo.
    That Christmas I was reading and re-reading Raymond Benson's James Bond Bedside Companion, and I particularly loved this illustration of Bond.

    James+Bond+Portrait.jpg

    George Almond's illustration of the Fleming Bond description. I showed this pic to my mom and she responded "That's Roger Moore down to a tee!"
    Christmas 1985 was very much a Bond Christmas for me, though my school only had given us a week off due to a teacher's strike. That year I also received John Brosnan's James Bond in The Cinema to go along with my Benson Bond bible.

    Thanks @ToTheRight
    Great stuff!
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    Nice memories, @ToTheRight. I very well remembered how I re-read Benson's book too...
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    @BondJasonBond006- thanks for fixing that video clip!
    I'm really enjoying this thread. I can't wait to see the other posts for this month!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    ggl007 wrote: »
    Nice memories, @ToTheRight. I very well remembered how I re-read Benson's book too...
    Wish I still had at least one copy of that book, I gave my original to a friend, and don't remember what I did with the updated edition. I'd love Benson to come back and do an update that includes the past 30 years!
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited December 2016 Posts: 12,480
    Hi, just checking in - I am written incorrectly for the 3rd. I can NOT do anything on the 3rd. I am swamped with my school's Music Festival. My day off is Sunday, the 4th - that is the day I requested. Thanks. :)

    So @Murdock, you and I can do something on the 4th. I have to figure out how I can post something anyway since I refuse to join any photobucket type site. Hmmm. And I'll do the 11th. Thank you all. Cheers! It's December!!! Makes me happy. :-bd
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    @BondJasonBond006 - Ok to put me down for the 14th too?
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Updated :)

    Calendar days chosen by members:
    December 1st: @BondJasonBond006
    December 2nd: @ToTheRight
    December 3rd:
    December 4th: @Murdock (with @4EverBonded possibly)
    December 5th: @PropertyOfALady
    December 6th:
    December 7th: @ggl007
    December 8th: @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7
    December 9th: @Major_Boothroyd
    December 10th: @Murdock
    December 11th: @4EverBonded
    December 12th:
    December 13th:
    December 14th: @Shark_0f_Largo
    December 15th:
    December 16th: @Major_Boothroyd
    December 17th: @ggl007
    December 18th:
    December 19th:
    December 20th: @PropertyOfALady
    December 21st: @Shark_0f_Largo
    December 22nd:
    December 23rd: @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7
    December 24th: @BondJasonBond006
    December 25th:
    December 26th:
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open Bond...
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    @BondJasonBond006 - great start to the advent calendar. Interestingly I had a similar experience - I was 12 when I saw TLD - my first bond film in the cinema and it was magnificent. Dalton will always be my Bond too.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited December 2016 Posts: 9,020
    Great to see other 40 somethings :-bd @Major_Boothroyd @ToTheRight @ggl007

    It soon will be time for the 3rd window to open in this Advent Calendar. I can do it, but if anything would be interested in taking this day over just say so. I'll wait for a while.

    In the meantime, I find this picture highly fascinating! @ToTheRight
    To my shame I have never heard of that book. I guess I will search for it, will be out of print probably?

    Raymond Benson's James Bond Bedside Companion, and I particularly loved this illustration of Bond.
    James+Bond+Portrait.jpg
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Here is your treat for today.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Thank you @Thunderfinger for doing December 3rd

    That clip is hilarious! I love it! It's the Craig-era in a nutshell.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I just found it and thought, why not share it here as I saw the day was open. Great thread, btw.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    It isn t much, so here is something else, a link to an old forgotten thread
    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=discussion/9308/the-james-bond-limerick-thread/p1
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    @Thunderfinger thanks for that link, a great Advent Calendar gift!

    Just revived that thread with this:

    There once was a guy, he was short
    Michael said, that's not the kind of sort
    Barbara meant, don't care, he's hot
    Michael replied, his blonde hair is not!
    Babs insisted, it doesn't matter for the plot
    And look at that perfectly rounded rear!
    Michael rolled his eyes, oh Dear, oh Dear
    Then Casino Royale opened to great success
    But before Craigisnotbond.com made a mess
    Today people wonder why did everybody cry
    Everything went fine, Babs still has the say
    Next up we'll get Jamie Bell
    Even shorter and blonder bloody hell!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Swiss limericks are something else.
  • TR007TR007
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    Loving this thread. I can take the 6th if you'd like?
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